EPA cuts could be costly to Tennessee
EPA cuts could be costly to Tennessee Proposed cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency could shut off the spigot that funds many drinking water projects in Tennessee. Booming Lebanon is […]
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Congressional Budget Office report on Trumpcare
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2017 directed the House Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce to develop legislation to reduce the deficit. The […]
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Send an urgent letter to your swing Senator: Block Scott Pruitt from heading the EPA
Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency is a politician who doesn’t believe in climate change, wants the E.P.A. to be dismantled, and has sued the agency multiple […]
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Standing Up for Science: Notes from the Field
The February issue of San Francisco Magazine on shelves today is titled “Resistance,” and features stories of politicians, lawyers, activists…even scientists who are involved in challenging some of the early […]
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Paul Krugman Issues A Warning About What We All Know Is Coming.
We’re only three weeks into the Trump administration, but it’s already clear that any hopes that Mr. Trump and those around him would be even slightly ennobled by the responsibilities […]
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Indivisible-A Practical Guide for Resisting Trump
When we put the Indivisible Guide online as a poorly formatted, typo-filled Google Doc, we never imagined how far and fast it would spread. Since December, the guide has been […]
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Adopt-a-Highway Roadside Cleanup
The RCDP participants will meet at 9 a.m. in the Midtown Kroger parking lot, directly across from Zaxby’s. Due to cool temperatures, warm clothing is suggested. Closed toe shoes are […]
RCDP Annual Labor Day Picnic
The Roane County Annual Labor Day picnic is just around the corner. So come on out Monday September 5th to the Roane County Park Shelter 2 at 12 noon. Bring […]
One of These Three Judges Is About to Become President Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee
Three men, no women, are on President Barack Obama’s short list to be nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court. All three are federal appeals court judges, Reuters reports. The three […]
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TNDP Chair Mary Mancini Issues Statement on Minimum Wage Bill
Nashville, Tenn. (March 7, 2016) – TNDP chair Mary Mancini released a statement today criticizing Governor Haslam for turning his back on ordinary Tennesseans and opposing the proposed minimum wage […]
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